The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

About three hours after Lorna's sudden attack. Even though it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an enemy territory, I came alone to Tera, but "I'm sorry for this today" and after Lorna left as if fleeing, Tera's head office was troubled by her head rather than discussing the future response in the reception room.

"... so? What are you going to do, Kota?"

Aino opened her mouth to speak on behalf of everyone who was silent. Listening to Ayano's words, Kota raised her eyebrows in distress.

"What are you going to do..."

He stared at the letter in front of him, and Kota sighed smallly. The content of the letter was written to the effect that the peace talks were to be held, that the participants were two people, including Kota, and that the escort was not allowed, and that the designation of the date, time, and place was to be left to the imperial side. Besides, if you think about it in a way that's too simple, Kota breathes out in her chest again.

"... I disagree, Kota-sama."

Looking at Kota's sigh, Emily opened her mouth with a small raised hand. With a firm gaze on herself, Emily inherited her words.

“Peace talks and such are by no means acceptable. Moreover, the two of us, including Kota-sama, won't approve of the escort... I'm going to be killed. You're not going, are you, Kota-sama?"

Emily turned her gaze to Kota. Once again, with a deep, deep breath, Emily exhaled, and Kota turned her gaze to Aria...... and turned to Zion.

Sion-san?

"Of course I disagree."

Where's Aria?

Arias flew his gaze into the air, just a little lost in Kota's words. Theon turned his gaze toward such an aria.

"...... I don't think you're going to agree with me, Alia."

"... I'm not saying that I'm going to name a few... but at least, I'm not going to disagree with you as much."

Aria!!

Theon's gaze seemed to kill him. While receiving that gaze, Aria dropped her gaze on the material at hand without changing her expression.

"- The current financial situation of the Kingdom of Flame is critical. Chris, Edward's waste is worsening the nation's finances.”

"... I know"

"No, onee-sama." Neither onee-sama nor Emily knew. Is that okay? "

Say that, and look over at the two of you.

"--We will win this' war '. The question is how to win.”

……

“As it is, if this system continues, the finances of the Kingdom of Flame will definitely collapse.”

Sarah, at this very moment, the Flame Royal Castle is carrying what Chris wants - more precisely, what Edward thought Chris would want. There are aspects of popularity, but there is no discount, and the price is higher than the fair value. Money is used like hot water, and it melts faster than ice in a hot sky.

"After that, even if we recover the former territories of the Kingdom of Flame, there will still be a lot of disruption in the current finances. After all, Larchia, the capital of the kingdom, is not a foreign country, but an inherent part of the Flame Empire."

Larchia is the capital of a thousand years after the Flame Empire. Even if we were to move to Tera, we couldn't ignore Larkia.

If this is an invasion war, we can make a different decision. It's a rough way to say it, but I don't know what's going on in the territory of another country.

"... that's right. If we don't join the peace talks here... perhaps this [war] will be much longer."

Kota nodded tinyly to Aria's words. Aria is right, if you don't come to this peace talks, it's the muddy [war].

”... it's not like we're fighting separately, Kota”

"There's no 'battle', but it's a 'war' state, fine." You know that, don't you, Erica? "

……

"I don't know if I can break this state of affairs, but there's nothing I can do to strangle the opponent with pure cotton as it is... I don't know if it will explode if we shut up."

After all, the Flame Kingdom is synonymous with the hostages "Larchia, the capital of the kingdom" and "Larchia citizens". If Larkia turns into a sea of fire with a poor stimulus and runs wild, I won't even be able to put my eyes on it.

"... this war was about winning... but I don't know which one is the advantage."

Kota smiled bitterly at Erica, who sighed tiredly. Erica's right, it's like I don't know which one is the dominant one.

"Regardless of the legitimacy of the royal authority... as it stands, this is like a local government." I know it was there that the coup struck first, but since the King's City has been seized, we are definitely at a disadvantage. ”

"... how can I make Larkia the King's capital?"

"It must have been decided by force, Ayano." It's not exactly impossible... but I have no choice but to abandon Larkia here and now. "

That's all the old town has to offer. Particularly, Larchia, the capital of the Thousand Years, is the nucleus of the Kingdom of Flame, and it is still the capital of the thousand years for the countries of the Orkena continent. Although not in a geopolitical sense, it is a city that is absolutely unacceptable in the emotional part.

"... well, that's right. So... after all, is Kota going to join us?"

"... that's right."

Take a breath.

- I knew I had to join you, right?

Drop your gaze to the words like everyone thought.

"" "" "" "- Well, then, the 'other'!!

Later, I looked at Kota with the eyes of a carnivorous beast.